For two days (30.09-1.10), during the Offshore Conference 2019 organized by the Polish Wind Energy Association, Warsaw will become the centre of discussion on the role of offshore wind energy in the transformation of our economy. – It can already be said that the more than 10 GW of wind […]
Production of the Utgard field in Norway commenced on 16 September 2019. The project was completed approximately three months earlier than planned and achieved 25% savings in relation to the assumed budget. The shareholder of the concession is Lotos Exploration & Production Norge (Lotos Norge) and the operator is Equinor. […]
President Andrzej Duda signed an amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act, which broadens the exemption of seafarers’ income from PIT (personal income tax), according to a communiqué from the President’s Office on Friday. “The main objective of the Act is to extend the exemption from personal income tax for […]
An important accent of this year’s XX International Maritime Fair Baltexpo 2019 was the awarding of Top 100 awards. This is the first edition of the competition within the annual supplement of the Dziennik Baltycki (The Baltic Daily – the largest daily newspaper in the Pomeranian region) Top 100 Pomerania, […]
Statement of the Port of Gdansk on the Rainbow Warrior III 05.09.2019 Following the statement sent to the media by Greenpeace, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA hereby declares as follows: The official request for an unspecified quay to be made available for mooring was submitted to the PGA on Friday, 30 […]
Issues of security, not only military but also economic, including energy security, will be discussed during the visit of US President Donald Trump to Warsaw,” said Michał Dworczyk, head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister on Monday. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet with Trump on 2 September. The […]
During two joint actions, officers of the CSEB and the Fund for the Protection of the Treasury took over 15 million cigarettes worth about PLN 11 million and over 20 tons of tobacco, the press officer of the Central Investigation Bureau of the Police, Iwona Jurkiewicz, told PAP. State Treasury […]
MSC Gülsün – Container, considered the largest container in the world in terms of TEU capacity (20-foot container equivalent), has already entered the North Port of Gdansk and stood at the T2 wharf of the DCT Gdansk terminal. The ship, with a width of 24 rows of containers on board, […]
As announced on August 16, 2019, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted PGNiG Upstream Norway AS a drilling permit for well 6507/5-9 S in production licence 838.
On Wednesday, August 14th, the Black Pearl luxury three-mast sailing yacht moored at the Westerplatte Defenders’ Embankment in Gdansk. It is the largest private sailing yacht in the world. Interestingly, the aluminum superstructure was made in Poland. Probably the visit is of a technical nature, and on board there is […]
When working in the shipbuilding industry or in shipbuilding plants, it is important to remember about effective hearing protection. Workplace noise is a problem that is usually not prevented by the employer, and therefore it is not possible to ensure that employees can reduce noise to a safe ‘outside’ level. […]
The Polish Parliament adopted a special act on investments in the construction of external ports. It aims to introduce facilitation enabling efficient implementation of sea port expansion projects. It concerns the so-called ports of primary importance for the national economy, i.e. ports in Gdynia, Gdańsk and the Szczecin-Świnoujście port complex, […]
In 2018 transshipments in intermodal terminals increased by 10.6% in comparison to 2017, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Monday. Calculations show that last year there were 35 active terminals, five more than a year ago. GUS (central statistical office) explained that intermodal transport allows to create modern transport […]
Triple Sea is an initiative of 12 European Union Member States located in the area between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas, bringing together about 110 million citizens. The development of infrastructure and transport corridors on the north-south axis should be an impulse for improving the economic situation of the […]
The new AE19 service complements Maersk’s current Asia-Europe product offering based on conventional ocean services and offers highly competitive transit times from Asia to major ports in Europe. Gdansk, Poland — On 7th August 2019, Maersk’s new AE19 service arrived at the port of Gdansk, carrying cargo which had been […]
Next month, on 9 September 2019, at 11.30 am, we should meet the winners of this year’s “Golden Anchor” fair awards, traditionally presented during the International Maritime Fair BALTEXPO. The award ceremony, similarly to 2017, will be held as part of the official opening of the fair and will precede […]
